perdix Latin · revision 3924

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Varro|origins=grc πέρδιξ}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈpɛr.diːks]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈpɛr.diks]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''perdīx''' ''m'' or f (genitive perdīcis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|πέρδιξ|tr=pérdix|t=partridge]].^(OLD 2012)^(Saalfeld 1874)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Varro (116–27 BC).^(Köbler 2010) Varro writes of Boeotian partridges, with a Greek accusative ''perdicas''.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant the partridge, as in Pliny and Martial.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Georges notes that Martial's ''picta perdix'' is the black grouse and another of his partridges the ptarmigan.^(Georges 1913) The Vulgate uses it in Jeremiah.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Isidore says it is named from its call and calls it a crafty bird that steals and hatches others' eggs.^(Isidore) ''Perdix'' was also the name of Daedalus' nephew in Ovid.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Romance kept it, as Spanish [[m|es|perdiz]], and English ''partridge'' came from Old French around 1300.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro writes of Boeotian partridges.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder writes of the partridge.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 40–102/103 AD – Martial names the painted partridge.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1300 – English ''partridge'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|partridge]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[perdicalis]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|partridge]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}